I'm a big fan of Paul Richards, one of his latest lectures goes over this in a way: http://www.autodestructdigital.blogspot.com/2014/02/wield-weld.html?zx=95afb2e29d5bbb4a
Props practice, dirt booleah modelling, just for desidn full size http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/328/4/6/control_panel_layout_by_gordeikrasnov-d87keax.jpg
wow... talk about your slice of history. http://web.archive.org/web/20050513204149/dynamic.gamespy.com/~polycount/ubb/Forum2/HTML/002137.html?015-200106130752 [/FONT]
If you are on Windows and Maya 2014 here is the compiled DLL and the source code for C# version. It will print:FindLayer()// "{object} is connected to "{name}" layer" // Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?m1qetmycuphdq93